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Falklands fritillary

Falklands fritillary noun: a butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).

falklands fritillary: a butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris)
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Noun

Falklands fritillary (plural Falklands fritillaries)

  1. A butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).
    • One of the areas most attractive and scarce inhabitants is the tiny Falkland fritillary butterfly which flies 3-4" above ground on the rare occasions when the sun is out and the wind is blowing less than a gale!1982, “Some Notes From the Falklands”, in Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society, Feltham, England: Amateur Entomologists' Society, →ISSN, page 174
    • A speeies of butterfly which is fairly common to certain parts of the islands both on the West and East Falklands is the Queen of the Falkland fritillary (Issoria cytheris cytheris).1987, Ian Strange, The Falkland Islands and Their Natural History, Newton Abbot, England: David & Charles, page 129

Examples of Falklands fritillary in a sentence

  • One specimen of the Queen of the Falklands Fritillary butterfly was seen briefly on 12 January in bright sunshine.1997, Robin Woods, Nick Woods, “Middle Island & Motley Island Nature Reserves: Report on field survey work in January 1997”, in Falklands...
  • Of particular notes is the presence of only one butterfly species, the Queen of the Falklands Fritillary, Yramea cytheris — currently thought to breed in the Falkland Islands.2006, John Warren Reynolds, Alexander G. Jones, “The Earthworms of the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean”, in Megadrilogica, volume...

Forms of Falklands fritillary

pluralFalklands fritillaries

Questions about Falklands fritillary

What does Falklands fritillary mean?
Falklands fritillary means a butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).
How do you use Falklands fritillary in a sentence?
One specimen of the Queen of the Falklands Fritillary butterfly was seen briefly on 12 January in bright sunshine.
What part of speech is Falklands fritillary?
Falklands fritillary is a noun.
What is the plural of Falklands fritillary?
The plural of Falklands fritillary is Falklands fritillaries.

Words near Falklands fritillary in the dictionary

  1. Falklandic
  2. Falklands
  3. Falklands factor
  4. Falklands factors
  5. Falklands fritillaries
  6. Falklands fritillary
  7. Falklands War
  8. falkmanite
  9. Falkner
  10. Falkowski
  11. Falkowskis

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